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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1301 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 451 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1301 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING CAPS ON INTERNET DATA USAGE, |
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| 19 | 19 | | REGULATING CABLE TELEVISION RATES AND INFORMATION |
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| 20 | 20 | | SERVICES, DEVELOPING STANDARD CONTRACTUAL TERMS FOR |
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| 21 | 21 | | INFORMATION SERVICES AND AMENDING THE CONNECTICUT |
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| 22 | 22 | | ANTITRUST ACT. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Prevent 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | telecommunications companies from imposing a cap on Internet data 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | plans; (2) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority regulate 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | cable television rates; (3) require the Public Utilities Regulatory 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authority regulate information services not currently regulated by the 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Federal Communications Commission; (4) require the Public Utilities 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Office of Consumer 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Counsel, develop standard contracting terms for information services; 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and (5) amend the Connecticut Antitrust Act and require the Attorney 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | General to report annually to the General Assembly on enforcement of 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Connecticut Antitrust Act with regards to information services 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | issues. 12 Proposed Bill No. 451 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 1301 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 43 | 43 | | To (1) prevent telecommunications companies from imposing a cap on |
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| 44 | 44 | | Internet data plans, (2) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority |
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| 45 | 45 | | regulate cable television rates, (3) require the Public Utilities Regulatory |
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| 46 | 46 | | Authority regulate information services not currently regulated by the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Federal Communications Commission, (4) require the Public Utilities |
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| 48 | 48 | | Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Office of Consumer |
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| 49 | 49 | | Counsel, develop standard contracting terms for information services, |
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| 50 | 50 | | and (5) amend the Connecticut Antitrust Act and require the Attorney |
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| 51 | 51 | | General to report annually to the General Assembly on enforcement of |
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| 52 | 52 | | the Connecticut Antitrust Act with regards to information services |
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| 53 | 53 | | issues. |
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